Chris Brown is a strange creation who seems to constantly be straddling the line between the old school and the future. His music — especially his current hit "Yeah 3X," whose video just premiered this morning on MTV — is straight from the 23rd century, a twitchy club banger full of electricity and space-age sounds. But Brown's approach to the video is totally throwback, as "Yeah 3X" casts him as a dance-happy ringleader in a colorful alternate universe where everybody is popping and locking all the time.
Not only does Brown possess a sweet singing voice and knows his way around a beat, but people often forget what a tremendous dancer he was (the Michael Jackson comparisons that came early in his career were mostly for his ability to move and not necessarily for his ability to sing or generate hits). "Yeah 3X" shows off all of Brown's best moves, which combine classic break moves with the more modern "Step Up" style stunt dancing (incorporating enough flips to fill a floor routine at a gymnastics competition). In the clip's key scene, Brown squares off against another dancer in a twitchy pas de deux in front of some sort of business establishment called "Popin Pete's."
"Yeah 3X" is the first single from Brown's upcoming album F.A.M.E., which is due in stores some time in early 2011. It's Brown's quick turnaround follow-up to 2009's Graffiti and is also hot on the back of "Deuces," Brown's mixtape duet with Tyga and his biggest single in years.
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